Hi all

It`s my first visit here, and it looks like a great site !

I have a query about the village taxes on an apartment block -

We all pay our individual village tax on our individual apartments, but received a bill for an extra €200 for more village taxes. When I queried this at the office, I was told that we have to pay this for the whole apartment block ! Surely we don`t have to pay village taxes twice? He then told me that we wouldn`t have to pay it next year Since we have never had to pay anything but our personal village tax in the 3 years we have been here, surely this is a mistake? (The bank paid this bill but has since refunded it to our account)

Any advice gratefully received !!

Regards
Blackbird

Hi Blackbird and welcome to the forum,

You should only pay the local taxes for your property. Has anyone else received a similar demand?

There is also a tax payable to the local authority if you rent your property - would this be applicable in your case?

Regards,

Hi Nigel, thanks for the kind welcome.

I realised that the bank where we have our communal account, had taken money from the account and paid a bill presented to them from the local council office.
When I queried it at the bank, they told me it was for `communal charge`, I visited the local council office where I was told there was a communal charge for the whole complex !!! I was astounded to say the least. When I asked what this was for, the guy behind the desk just mumbled, I tried to get my point across but he just didn`t seem interested, and then he said - "you won`t have to pay it next year !!!!"
I went back to the bank and complained that they had taken money from the communal account with no authorization. After a bit of huffing and puffing, they said they would look into it. The next day the money was refunded into our account, and the bank apologised.

I now check the communal account statement every week.

We don`t rent our apartment out, we live here

Regards
Blackbird

Hi Blackbird

There was obviously a mix up somewhere - at least you got your money back.

REgards,

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